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Steam Traps - Selection, Sizing, and Practical Application
In Steam Traps - Selection, Sizing, and Practical Application, you'll learn ...
- The principles of phase separation and condensate management in steam and compressed-air systems
- The selection, sizing, and application of steam traps and automatic liquid drain systems
- The installation practices that maximize system reliability, safety, and operating efficiency
- How to diagnose and troubleshoot steam trap performance using field testing techniques
Overview
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Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 32 pages
Steam is one of the most efficient carriers of thermal energy, but that efficiency collapses the moment condensate is allowed to accumulate. As steam transfers its latent heat of condensation, it undergoes an instantaneous phase change into liquid water. If this liquid—along with non-condensable gases like air and carbon dioxide—is not continuously removed, it occupies space intended for live steam, crippling heat transfer, accelerating corrosion, and inducing violent water hammer.
The fundamental rule of every steam and compressed-air system is simple: Remove liquid. Retain vapor. Protect equipment
This course focuses on the primary devices tasked with enforcing that rule: Steam Traps and Moisture Separators. Effective phase separation is not a single skill, but a multidisciplinary engineering practice that integrates thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, piping design, and field diagnostics.
Bridging the gap between thermodynamic theory and real-world application, this course moves beyond academic concepts to deliver widely accepted industry practices. It traces the complete lifecycle of phase separation across commercial heating, industrial process, and compressed-air environments. Empirical sizing methods are offered utilizing differential pressure, reinforced by step-by-step, worked-out practical examples. The course will be of interest to mechanical, chemical, and petroleum engineers who are engaged in process environments.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Complete lifecylce of steam and condensate
- Evolution of steam trapping methods
- Types and styles of Steam Traps
- Sizing steam traps
- The influence of backpressure on steam traps
- Proper installation of steam traps
- Correct piping arrangements for steam traps
- Field monitoring of steam trap installations
- Troubleshooting steam trap installations
- Effective steam and condensate management
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 32 pages
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